Gonzalo Plata

Ecuador · La Liga · FW,MF · ECU · age 26

2026 World Cup squad profile

Position
MF
Squad role
Projected starter
Position rank
#3
Intl caps
49
Intl goals
8
Intl assists
9
0.54(model rating, 0–1)
1.8%

See Gonzalo Plata on the full Ecuador scoring list →

Recent form

Steady

2024/25 international form vs the player's multi-season baseline (6.90 vs 6.96).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
World Cup 20223280000.122122433
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples. Totals shown, not per-90 rates.
▸How to read this table— 11 columns explained
MP
Matches played in the tournament.
Min
Total minutes on the pitch.
G
Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A
Assists: passes that directly led to a goal.
xG
Expected goals: summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh
Shots taken.
KP
Key passes: passes that led to a shot.
PrgP
Progressive passes: completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC
Progressive carries: carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl
Tackles won.
Int
Interceptions.

Tournament scouting radar

Defending

Tackles won / 90
0.96
44
Interceptions / 90
0.96
64
Ball recoveries / 90
2.57
6
Blocks / 90
1.61
46
Clearances / 90
0.00
7
Pressures / 90
23.14
92

Passing & progression

Prog. passes / 90
3.86
10
Key passes / 90
0.64
37
Prog. carries / 90
7.71
52
Pass completion %
75.0%
15

Possession

Carries / 90
26.68
17
Dribbles / 90
1.61
88

Per-90 rates from major-tournament event data (StatsBomb), ranked vs 102 midfielders with ≥270 minutes in the same finals. Higher = better.

8
Career matches
431
Career minutes
0
Goals
0
Assists
0.4
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.00
0
xG / 90
0.08
40
xAG / 90
0.10
76

vs 190 FW players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career: goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season, 1 season from 2022-23 to 2022-23, 0 total goals, 0.4 total xG.Career goals and xG by season, 1 season from 2022-23 to 2022-23, 0 total goals, 0.4 total xG.0123

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueGoalsAssists
2022-23ValladolidLa Liga8431000.40.5
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
▸How to read this table— 6 columns explained
MP
Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins
Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals
Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists
Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG
Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG
Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.

Rest of the Ecuador squad